5:2 Diet Recipe: Cauliflower Steaks with Grana Padano Cheese, Olives and Rocket Leaves With apologies to my regular readers who have been waiting for my latest 5:2 diet recipe, I have created several since my last one was published, Pork & Fennel with Red Wine & Borlotti Beans, but I have just not had the time to share…
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Scottish Fish with an Asian Twist: Salt & Pepper Fish Goujons
Scottish Fish with an Asian Twist: Salt & Pepper Fish Goujons So, what is a “Goujon”? Well, the word originates from the French word “Gudjeon” which is a fish, and we seemed to have embraced the term for these fried fishy morsels about twenty years ago, when they became “de rigueur” on every Bistro menu….
Secret Recipe Club: Buffalo Cauliflower Bites
Secret Recipe Club: Buffalo Cauliflower Bites Today is “Reveal Day” for Group D and the Secret Recipe Club: the Secret Recipe Club is a way to not only find but share new blogs. Each month, one member is assigned to another member from their group secretly (hence the name). That person selects a recipe (or…
Great Sandwiches of the World: The Reuben Sandwich
Great Sandwiches of the World: The Reuben Sandwich Reuben sandwich The Reuben sandwich is a hot sandwich composed of corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing, grilled between slices of rye bread. Several variants exist. Welcome to a new Lavender and Lovage recipe collection series, “Great Sandwiches of the World”. Every couple of weeks I…
Rhubarb & Custard Muffins with Hazelnut Crunch Crumble Topping
Rhubarb & Custard Muffins with Hazelnut Crunch Crumble Topping for The Great British Rhubarb Recipe Round-Up Fish & Chips, Blackberry & Apple, Strawberries & Cream, Sausage & Mash, Steak & Chips, Liver & Onions, Roast Beef & Yorkshire Pudding and Rhubarb & Custard.…….all of these recipes and ingredients are marriages made in heaven, and of…
Fall in Love with Iberia: Spanish Chorizo Chicken with Olives Recipe with Lidl
Fall in Love with Iberia: Spanish Chorizo Chicken with Olives Recipe with Lidl Last week saw Lidl UK celebrating all things Iberian in their supermarkets, and as a lover of Spanish food and ingredients, I popped along to stock up on several items I had seen in their leaflet here: Fall in Love with Iberia. There…
Award Winning Scottish Fish: Smoked Plaice, Leek & Cheese Gratin with Chervil & Lemon
Award Winning Scottish Fish: Smoked Plaice, Leek & Cheese Gratin with Chervil & Lemon Regular readers of Lavender and Lovage will know of my love of fish and seafood, in fact anything fishy (or in a shell) gets my vote. And, many of you may remember that I always buy my fish whenever I can from…
Easter Nest Cupcakes for the Easter Weekend Tea Time Table
Easter Nest Cupcakes for the Easter Weekend Tea Time Table It’s Easter Saturday and only a day away from all those Easter Egg hunts and waking up to see what Easter bunny has left for us this year! Now, I don’t know about you, but I have been loving the advertisement on the TV lately, for…
A Spring Breakfast Recipe: Shirred Eggs over Kale and Garlic with Espelette
A Spring Breakfast Recipe: Shirred Eggs over Kale and Garlic with Espelette As most of my readers will know, I keep chickens, and therefore, as a consequence, I always have plenty of eggs at my disposal. My hens are totally free-range and have the full run at the bottom of the garden, underneath the fig, cherry…
Braised Ruby Baby Gem Lettuce with Spring Onions, Peas, Bacon and Crème Fraîche
Braised Ruby Baby Gem Lettuce with Spring Onions, Peas, Bacon and Crème Fraîche The lettuces sat provocatively amongst all the other spring greens and seasonal vegetables……some with frilly leaves, some with soft, buttery looking leaves and tender hearts. There were curly leaves, pointed leaves and then there were baby oak leaf lettuces, compact and tightly furled……sitting…
A Vegetarian Light Lunch: Three Cheese and Swiss Chard Pasta Bake Cake
A Vegetarian Light Lunch: Three Cheese and Swiss Chard Pasta Bake Cake As the mornings get lighter, and my trip down to the hen-house gets earlier, I am want to muse on the changing seasons and the promise of spring; the melodious song of the resident blackbird accompanies me on my walk to the bottom of…
St Patrick’s Day Feast: Soda Bread, Ulster Fry & Salt Beef with Champ
St Patrick’s Day Feast: Soda Bread, Ulster Fry & Salt Beef with Champ St Patrick’s Day is just under a week away now, and although I’m not Irish, I welcome the opportunity to cook Irish food for my friends and family. There’s something very honest and wholesome about traditional Irish fare, and so when Ocado contacted…
How Cool is your Fridge? Win a Fridge PLUS Old Bay Shrimp Recipe
How Cool is your Fridge? Win a Fridge PLUS Old Bay Shrimp Recipe Just how cool is your fridge, I was asked, and NO, it’s not the temperature, but my “fridge street cred”! Well, my fridge is a trifle packed at present, as I have LOTS of recipe development jobs to do, and it’s very…
Whole Roasted Cauliflower in a Spicy Mexican Sauce
Whole Roasted Cauliflower in a Spicy Mexican Sauce I have been fascinated by the “whole roasted cauliflower” thing for a while now – yes, I DO realise that to many people that means “I need to get out more”, but, please hear me out. It’s just such a great idea, a sort of veggie roast…
East Coast USA Revisited: Shaker Lemon Pie Recipe
East Coast USA Revisited: Shaker Lemon Pie Recipe The day was bright and sunny, the sun kissed my neck as I sat at a long refectory style table bench with a glass of cloudy home-made lemonade and a slice of Shoo-Fly Pie; the county fair was in full swing and besides all the livestock, entertainment and…
